Strategic Execution Manager - Operations Strategic Initiatives

at  US Bank National Association

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

SUMMARY

The Strategic Execution (SE) team for U.S. Bank Operations is broadly responsible for designing and delivering on strategic initiatives that improve our efficiency and effectiveness - expenses, risk, customer and employee experience, operational / productivity / quality metrics. Our work ranges from identifying and solving highly strategic complex problems within a few weeks to leading large multi-year projects with stakeholders across the bank. The SE team is equivalent to an internal, in-house strategy consulting firm with a focus on only one client, i.e., U.S. Bank.

RESPONSIBILITIES

As a member of the SE team, you will work in a highly collaborative fashion with a large cross section of stakeholders, partners and other SE leaders and colleagues. You will become a trusted advisor to the SE leadership team and business partners across Operations. Reporting to a portfolio director, you will shape, manage, and deliver on strategic initiatives for U.S. Bank’s Operations with a concentration on digital initiatives. These complex initiatives usually span business areas and stakeholders not only across Operations, but also across the bank. As part of a team of SE practitioners you will:

• Help shape and execute initiatives in support of U.S. Bank Operations’ overall and digital strategy
• Serve as the “front door” for strategic initiatives utilizing intake standards and practices for SE
• Lead each initiative through ideation, scoping, funding (CapEx and OpEx), execution, and benefit delivery
• Design, execute, and deliver on one or more initiatives concurrently
• Utilize and propagate the SE standards for developing deliverables, managing projects, reporting progress, and managing risks and issues
• Create relevant reporting to fulfill stakeholder needs
• Provide governance across the initiatives
• Develop trusted relationships with executives, senior leaders, and key business partners
• Provide financial management of the initiatives
• Contribute thought leadership to the broader SE team on the industry, U.S. Bank businesses, banking financials, strong consulting practices, analytics, etc.
• Support shaping the vision, brand, strategy, and execution of the SE function itself
• Nurture and grow talent not only within your own team but also across SE

You will bring an eagerness to expand your knowledge base of banking and embrace challenges to support critical changes and accelerate execution. You will inspire others, build strong relationships, and display high energy and resilience in ambiguous and fast-paced contexts. You welcome the opportunity to learn new systems and skillsets and develop executive presence.

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That’s why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following (some may vary based on role, location or hours):

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
• Adoption assistance
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by la